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Scientists Produce First Movie of Individual Carbon Atoms in Action (w/Videos)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Science fiction fans still have another two months of waiting for the new Star Trek movie, but fans of actual science can feast their eyes now on the first movie ever of carbon atoms moving ...
Mar 31, 2009 |
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The world's smallest magnetic data storage unit
Scientists from IBM and the German Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL) have built the world's smallest magnetic data storage unit. It uses just twelve atoms per bit, the basic unit of information, ...
Jan 12, 2012 |
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Opening a new window on daylight
A new approach to windows that could let in more light and cut indoor lighting needs by up to 99% in buildings in Tropical regions without losing the cooling effect of shades. Details are reported in the International Jo ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jul 31, 2009 |
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Natural Oils Can Be Hydrogenated Without Making Unhealthy Trans Fats
(PhysOrg.com) -- To prolong the shelf life of foods, manufacturers often add hydrogen to natural oils, a process called hydrogenation. But hydrogenation also results in the production of trans fats, which have adverse health ...
Jan 23, 2009 |
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Researchers find best routes to self-assembling 3-D shapes
Material chemists and engineers would love to figure out how to create self-assembling shells, containers or structures that could be used as tiny drug-carrying containers or to build 3-D sensors and electronic ...
Dec 07, 2011 |
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Spin polarized supercurrents optimized with a simple flip
(Phys.org) -- Researchers from Michigan State University, the NIST Center for Neutron Research, and the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology have discovered the key to controlling and enhancing ...
May 14, 2012 |
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Getting to know the sun advances fusion research
Researchers at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory have successfully used Coaxial Helicity Injection (CHI) to generate plasma current and couple it to a conventional current generation method at the National Spherical ...
Nov 08, 2010 |
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NASA Marshall Successfully Tests Sub-Scale Rocket Motor (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Fire and sparks flew as a 24-inch-diameter solid rocket motor was successfully tested May 27 at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. The 21-second firing tested a NASA sub-scale ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 28, 2010 |
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Computer scientists scale 'layer 2' data center networks to 100,000 ports and beyond
University of California, San Diego computer scientists have created software that they hope will lead to data centers that logically function as single, plug-and-play networks that will scale to the massive ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Aug 17, 2009 |
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Capture of nanomagnetic 'fingerprints' a boost for next-generation information storage media
In the race to develop the next generation of storage and recording media, a major hurdle has been the difficulty of studying the tiny magnetic structures that will serve as their building blocks. Now a team ...
Jan 29, 2009 |
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